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Film crew zooms into Rabun
By Jeremy Styron Staff Writer
After filming this weekend at New Liberty Baptist Church in Habersham County and Hollywood Diner in Clarkesville, the crew of the independent film "Grilling Bobby Hicks" moved northward.
For most of the day Sunday and into the wee hours of the morning Monday, the movie cast and staff members of Stimulus Films of Grayson shot a portion of the film at T.C.'s Steakhouse in Lakemont.
The crew hit the set again Monday afternoon to complete a bar scene at the local eatery.
"They're very professional," said T.C.'s owner Frank Lastra. "They're very friendly. A number of our staff have been extras in the movie. It's very interesting to see how it's really done behind the scenes."
Stimulus president and co-writer of the movie Tommy Wood said his family was primarily from Toccoa. After visiting Hollywood, he thought Northeast Georgia might be a good site to shoot part of the movie.
"We wanted to do it with things we know, the South and Northeast Georgia," he said.
The staff of T.C.'s was more than willing to help the film crew shoot the movie, Wood said. "As far as why we picked T.C's, we had a bar scene, and we had to find a bar. ... We just felt like it was perfect in that they were extremely accommodating."
Lastra, remembering the days of the old Pickin' Parlor that was formerly housed where T.C.'s is, said the crew liked the venue so much that they rewrote portions of the screenplay to fit the location.
"They felt it was the perfect setting," he said.
The movie, which was co-written with Shannon Cruey, is a "dark 'dramedy' with a twist of mystery and a dash of Southern romance," according to a press release issued by Stimulus in March. The plot is based around a small-town "bully" and his untimely death via a grilling accident.
"Grilling" assistant director Matthew D. Miller, who has served as a production assistant on movies like "Big Momma's House," "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "Big Fish," said he was particularly interested in working on the piece because of its filming locations.
"Me personally, I'm from Georgia, so anything that films in Georgia, I'm in for," Miller said.
For most of the day Sunday and into the wee hours of the morning Monday, the movie cast and staff members of Stimulus Films of Grayson shot a portion of the film at T.C.'s Steakhouse in Lakemont.
The crew hit the set again Monday afternoon to complete a bar scene at the local eatery.
"They're very professional," said T.C.'s owner Frank Lastra. "They're very friendly. A number of our staff have been extras in the movie. It's very interesting to see how it's really done behind the scenes."
Stimulus president and co-writer of the movie Tommy Wood said his family was primarily from Toccoa. After visiting Hollywood, he thought Northeast Georgia might be a good site to shoot part of the movie.
"We wanted to do it with things we know, the South and Northeast Georgia," he said.
The staff of T.C.'s was more than willing to help the film crew shoot the movie, Wood said. "As far as why we picked T.C's, we had a bar scene, and we had to find a bar. ... We just felt like it was perfect in that they were extremely accommodating."
Lastra, remembering the days of the old Pickin' Parlor that was formerly housed where T.C.'s is, said the crew liked the venue so much that they rewrote portions of the screenplay to fit the location.
"They felt it was the perfect setting," he said.
The movie, which was co-written with Shannon Cruey, is a "dark 'dramedy' with a twist of mystery and a dash of Southern romance," according to a press release issued by Stimulus in March. The plot is based around a small-town "bully" and his untimely death via a grilling accident.
"Grilling" assistant director Matthew D. Miller, who has served as a production assistant on movies like "Big Momma's House," "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "Big Fish," said he was particularly interested in working on the piece because of its filming locations.
"Me personally, I'm from Georgia, so anything that films in Georgia, I'm in for," Miller said.
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